In its own way the kiss had been an act of murder.

I stood up. It was all too much. I could not even meet my own expectations, and to be asked to deal with all theirs too was suffocating.

And what did you do last night, Dexter? Oh, I played with my dolls while a friend chopped up my sister.

I had killed our careful relationship by driving my tongue through its heart and pushing it off a cliff.

I'm quite sure more people fake an awful lot of everyday human contact. I just fake all of it." --Dexter

And here I always thought morality was useless.

I thought about the nice clothes that I always wore. Well of course I did. I took pride in being the best dressed monster in Dade County.